LO To evaluate the effects of the Sitins and Freedom Rides on the civil rights movement SitIns In Feb 1960 4 black students in Greensboro North Carolina decided to hold a sitin to integrate a local lunch counter ID: 391095
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Slide1
How successful were ‘Sit-ins’ and ‘Freedom Rides’ as campaign methods?
L/O – To evaluate the effects of the Sit-ins and Freedom Rides on the civil rights movementSlide2
Sit-Ins
In Feb 1960, 4 black students in Greensboro, North Carolina, decided to hold a sit-in to integrate a local lunch counter.
They were joined by 27 more the next day and on the 5th day, there were over
300 people. They copied the tactics of MLK and didn’t retaliate when arrested or attacked and eventually, Woolworths abandoned segregation.
Consequences of the Greensboro Sit-in –
February 1960
Produced positive publicity
for the civil rights movement as TV showed black non-violence in the face of white violence.
Were easier &
quicker to organise so helped the movement spread and got more people involved
By
April 1960,
Sit-ins
spread to over 78 communities across the South with over 2000 arrested. By end of 1961, 810 towns & cities had desegregated public areas.
Drew in
student support, black and white, from universities all over the USA with over 70,000 having taken part by September 1961
Led
to the setting up of SNCC (Student Non-violent Co-ordinating Committee), which became an important civil rights organisation
Other protests tried
to copy it: ‘Kneel-ins’ to integrate churches, ‘wade-ins’ at beaches, ‘read-ins’ at libraries etc…Slide3
‘Explain one effect of the Greensboro Sit-ins on the USA’ (4 marks)
This question is about ‘
an effect’ which means the results of or the consequences of an event.
It can be answered in one paragraph.
Begin with, ‘One effect was…’ Don’t tell the story!
Give the effect and explain it (PEE). Use ‘because’ or ‘as a result’ to help you give a developed explanation.
Level
Descriptor
Mark
Level 1
Simple explanation of consequence
The student gives
an explanation which lacks any supporting contextual knowledge or makes unsupported generalisations.
1-2
Level
2
Explanation of consequence
The student gives an explanation supported by relevant knowledge.
3-4Slide4
Freedom Riders
In Dec 1960, the Supreme Court ordered the desegregation of all bus station facilities.
CORE and the SNCC set up ‘freedom rides’. Buses drove through the South ‘testing’ the facilities in bus stations to make sure they were integrated.
The riders wanted to create a crisis that would get publicity worldwide so the government would be forced to enforce the law more decisively.Slide5Slide6
Anniston, Alabama – May 14th
1961The first two buses were attacked and the riders were beaten up at stops.
At Anniston, Alabama, one of the buses was firebombed and people were stopped from escaping. When passengers did escape, they were beaten
.White freedom riders were more severely beaten. Why?Slide7
Birmingham, Alabama – May 14th
-20th 1961
At Birmingham there was no protection for the freedom riders as the police chief (Bull Connor) had given most of the police the day off!
As a result, they were attacked by the mob and many were arrested.This forced President John F. Kennedy to intervene and he secured a promise from the state senator in Jackson that there would be no mob violence
. Slide8
Results of the Freedom Rides
By the summer of 1961, over 300 riders had been imprisoned, 3 killed and many more beaten up.
It only stopped when Attorney General Robert Kennedy promised to send in US marshals to enforce the law.On
22 September 1961, the Interstate Commerce Commission issued a regulation which effectively desegregated buses. Success!
Consequences of the Freedom Riders
- 1961
Interstate
bus routes were desegregated.
Produced positive publicity
for the civil rights movement as TV showed black non-violence in the face of white violence.
Forced the President
(JFK) and Attorney General to intervene, further enhancing the publicity of civil rights
Ku Klux
Klan attacks increased
More young Americans both white and black were becoming involved in the civil rights movementSlide9
Homework
Answer questions 1-2 in Edexcel iGCSE History page 205.
Read pages 47-48 in ‘A divided Union’ & answer questions 1-6 on page 48.
Read pages 49-51 and answer questions 1-5 on page 51.